Firearm



Aug. 30, 1932- R. F. SEDGLEY FIREARM Filed June 20. 1930 I N VEN TOR.

A TTORNEY.

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v 1, In firearms which areadapted to be used inthelfiring of flares or signals, it is 'a great advantage if they can be constructedin such a a mannerthatthey canbe unloaded and fired with one hand. This is especially advan tageous in aviation in order that the aviator will not lose control of his. plane. f 7 One object of my invention is to devise a firearm wherein theflare or signal, or'the barrel adaptedto receive the shell or cartridge, or the cartridge which in itself forms thebarrel, can be readily: ejected bythe operator without releasing his grasp of the firearm. 1 i

A further object 1 of the invention is to y provide novelrelea'sing means for the barrel, shell or flare, to effect its ejection, and novel means for locking the parts in assembled condition, and-releasing them when desired. 1

With the above and other objects in view, 'ias will hereinafter more clearly appear, my invention comprehends a novel firearm which is adapted tobe controlled by one hand of the user in loading, firing and ejecting the shell, flare or signal.

It further comprehends novel ejecting mechanism. '1 It further comprehends novel means for manually controlling and releasing the shell, flare or signal with the breech of the firearm, in' order to permit the ejecting means to become operative in ejecting the shell, barrel, flare or signal. p i I f Other novel features of construction and pear in the detailed pended claims; i g i r W For the purpose of illustrating the inven-y' tion I have shown in the accompanying draw; ing a typical embodiment of it, which, in practice, will give reliable and satisfactory results. It is, however, to be understood that this embodiment is typical only and that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized, and the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization ,of these instrumentalities as herein set forth. Figure 1 is a side elevation of a firearm embodying my invention. V

advantage will hereinafter more clearly ap description and the ap i the locking memberS and thereby the rewanemi No. 462,538.

Figure 2 is an elevation, partly-in section, showing the barrel in alignment with the opening inthe breech and the breechbeing shown in'seetion. a

Figure 3 is a section on line 3+3 :of Figure2.

Figure 4 is an end view of a cartridge.

r Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to thedrawing i 1 designates the stock of a firearm embodying my invention. The stock is provided in any conventional manner with a grasping portion 2, and in the stock is mounted the trigger The firing action may be of any desired construction but is preferably constructedin accordance with my co-pending application Serial No. 322,204 "or in conformity with my co-pendingapplication Serial No. 354,833." I have therefore deemedit unnecessary in this application to illustrate and describe the firing action as it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the firing action effects the forward impact of'the firingpin 4 against the per cussion. cap of the cartridge, flare or signal.

5 designates the charge holder, which, as illustrated, isin the form of a hollow barrel having a closed cap at its rearward end whichis provided with a percussion cap6. The charge holder 5 near its rear end is provided with an annular groove? adapted to receive a locking member 8 which iscarried by a lever 9, fulcrumed in the side of the stock 1 and having a thumb contacting portion 11 to effect the outward movement of lease of the charge holder 5; The locking member 8 is movable in an aperture 12 which opens into the chamber 13 of the breech 14 of the stock 1.

The ejecting mechanism comprises a pin 15 which forms an ejecting member which extends into an aperture 16 in the breech and bears against'a spring-17, which, in turn, bears againstthe rear-end of the aperture 16. .Therear end of'the charge holder 5 preferably has its outer edge chamfered as at 18. In a similar manner the lockingmemher 8 is chamfered asat 19 in order to provide bevelled or inclined surfaces to facilitate the insertion of the charge holder into its locking position.

The Operation of my novel firearm will now be apparent to. those skilled in this art and is as follows.

It will be understoodthat the term charge holder? I intend to include con;

ventional type of signahfiare, cartridge, or

barrel, adapted to be filled to forrn the equivalent'of a cartridge; The charge holder-"5 is insertable into the chamber 18 of the breech H by relative longitudinal movementof such parts and as the holder -5 isinsertedinto the chamber 13 it will be apparent that the looking member 8,JWl1lCl1. is provided with a spring 20 on Joneside of its pivot, tending toimove: theil'ockingvmember 8 int'othe champber 13,055 the breech 14, willcause such lock Ine1nber8 to be i moved outwardly until the annular groove 7 is in alignment with:

it whereuponethe locking members will: move into the groove 7 i and the. parts :will be retained in assembled and lockedcondition; As the charge holder:5. is moved into the chamber 13, it will be apparent that itfw ill contact with the: pin 15, movingithe latter? rearwardly, and rthereby" vcompressing the' spring 17 to store upenergy thereinto :efl'ect the'forwa'rd' movement of the ej ecting-pinlfi and therebysthe; ejection of the charge hold? er 5P3trom the breech when 'thelocking meme 7 ber'8 isman'uallyreleased..v I r The charge holders 5 are carried in" a case or supported 1n any desirable manner: acces sible; to 'the user, so that, assuming that he grasps the grasping portion" 2- in hisiright hand, he can, ,by' moving theffirearmtowards the chargeholden'cause the holder .to be automatically locked in assembled condition; He

can then fire the flare or' signal with .thesame hand/which is holding-the firearm, and, as

soon as the flare or signal is fired he canre-I lease and eject the charge holder 5 which has been: fired, by pressure of his thumb against the pressure portion 11: of the'releasing and locking lever'lO. 1

ltwill thus vbe apparent-that;with one hand-- the operator can load the firearm; fire it,ande ect the charge holder, si al, or flarewhich has been fired. I

In accordance with my presentuinvention relative and longitudinal,movement of an? aligned charge holder andfirearm will cause the charge holder to be automatically inter-" locked with the firearm and itis not-necessary;

to manua-lly lock-thepartsin position orito efi'ectrelative rotation .ofthe toeffect the lockingactiom .R- W-be apparent-that I -have de vised anew and useful firearmppwhichemp bodies the features of advantagezenumerated;

asdesirablein the statement of the inventionand ther above descriptiomand while I have, in the present instance, shown .andsdescribed parts-in order v a preferred embodiment thereof which will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that this embodiment is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from M the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing anv'of its.advantages. 1

Havin-glthus'.descrlbed my invention what .lclaimas new and desire to secure by Letters le is In a firearm, fastock provided with v a of a hol der. being inserted in said breech whereby said spring is brought to tension by thelins'rtion .ofa the charge holder, and f a manually actuated lever extending longi-f t u dinally ofthe breech and having a locking 7 member -insertable -into said breech," said holder having an annular groove to receive said'locking member. -E v i 2; In a firearm,1a breech having a charge holder receiving chamber at its forward end,

, a quickldetachable charge holder having its rear: end insertable into the forward end of the chamber of saidfbreech, a zmanually r e-' leasable locklng memb'erfor interlocklng sald 'chargeholder with said breech, and a spring 7 pressed ejecting member in the path of said charge holder whenginserted into said cham- K effective to interlock said chargeholde'r with v breech and adapted to receive a charge holder I a sprin pressed ejecting memberin the path.

said-breach 'to prevent the ejection of'the 7 charge holder from the breech and maintaining thetensionon s'aid-spring'pressed ejecting -inember when the charge holder is as-' sembled with thefbree ch, V

4. "Ina-firearm, a'breech, a charge-holder having its rear end'insertable by longitudinal movement into the forwardend of the b'reeclnfa spring pressed ejecting member brought-to tension by .such' insertion, and p Z- manually actuated means to retain the charge holder assembled with the breech 'and'retain the'tension'on thevejecting member'and' at V the :will of ,the operator release the charge holder and thereby'permit the ejecting means" to ejectthe charge holder from the forward end of the breech. 1 s

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